High Level Languages (HLL)

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under High Level Languages (HLL), the JAMB Computer Studies syllabus expects you to study:

• 2. High Level Languages (HLL)
• (a) Classifications of HLL
• (b) Characteristics of HLL
• (c) Translators - - - - - - - -

Study notes & guidance

Study High Level Languages (HLL) using a recommended Computer Studies textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Computer Studies, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying High Level Languages (HLL), you should be able to:

1. Classify High-Level programming Languages into: - Scientific - General Purpose - Business - Object oriented Procedural Artificial Intelligence String processing Domain Specific Scripting Systems Visual Esoteric etc. the characteristics of High-Level ming Languages: ires translation into machine language able er to read, write and maintain as mands are similar to English data types and data structures, selection tements and repetition/iteration structs logic operators and functions that are lt into the language. rammers friendly to code, debug and maintain translators and its two basic types: erpreters pilers

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Computer Studies syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.